Barry A. Love Explained

Barry A. Love is an American cardiologist specializing in pediatric and congenital heart problems.^[1]

Love is director of the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and assistant professor of both pediatrics and cardiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York City.^{[2] [3]} He specializes in pediatric interventional catheterization, electrophysiology and arrhythmia and syncope.^[4]

Love is the author of 3 book chapters and 20 peer-reviewed publications and was listed in Castle Connolly's Top Doctors from 2009 to 2011^[5] and among New York's Super Doctors from 2008 to 2011.^[6] He lectures and teaches nationally and internationally about cardiac interventions.

Biography

Love studied immunology and microbiology at the University of Toronto and graduated medical school cum laude at the University of Western Ontario in 1993. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University in 1996, and a fellowship at Children's Hospital Boston (Harvard University) in 2000.^[2]

Love served as assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at Montreal Children's Hospital from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, he joined the Mount Sinai Medical Center as assistant professor of both pediatrics and cardiology and director of the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. He carries additional hospital appointment at Hackensack University Medical Center, both in New Jersey.^[7]

Book chapters

• Love BA. Aortopulmonary Septal Defect in eMedicine Pediatrics 2001. Revised 2009.
• Love BA. Patent Foramen Ovale in eMedicine Pediatrics 2001. Revised 2009.
• Love BA. Congenital Heart Disease in Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Zaoutis LB, Chiang VW. 2007.

Publications

• 21270102 . 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960856 . 4 . Percutaneous transhepatic venous access for catheter ablation procedures in patients with interruption of the inferior vena cava . April 2011 . Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol . 235–41 . Singh . SM . Neuzil . P . Skoka . J . 2 . 7096671 . etal. free .
• 21247590 . 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.039 . 142 . Perventricular device closure of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect on the beating heart . July 2011 . J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. . 230–2 . Love . BA . Whang . B . Filsoufi . F. 1 . free .
• 21167463 . 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2010.10.003 . 22 . Transcatheter closure of recurrent postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect facilitated by percutaneous left ventricle access . 2010 . Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. . 259–61 . Love . BA . Nielsen . J . Chinitz . J . Filsoufi . F. 3 .
• 20472633 . 10.1177/1089253210364064 . 14 . Transcatheter repair of perivalvular regurgitation . March 2010 . Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth . 68–72 . Love . BA . Fischer . GW . Mittnacht . A . Kalman . J . Adams . DH. 1 . 206683295 .
• 20014190 . 10.1002/clc.20661 . 32 . Membranous septal aneurysm causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction . December 2009 . Clin Cardiol . E87 . Love . BA . Parness . IA . Fuster . V. 12 . 6652874 .
• 19653009 . 10.1007/s00467-009-1268-9 . 24 . Postrenal biopsy AVM leading to severe hypertension and dilated cardiomyopathy . December 2009 . Pediatr. Nephrol. . 2459–62 . Sasaki . N . Joashi . UC . Vergara . M . Saland . JM . Love . BA. 12 . 22828959 .
• 18594551 . 10.1038/ncpcardio1252 . 5 . Evaluation and management of the adult patient with transposition of the great arteries following atrial-level (Senning or Mustard) repair . August 2008 . Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med . 454–67 . Love . BA . Mehta . D . Fuster . VF. 8 . 10491740 .
• 18412268 . 10.1002/ccd.21474 . 71 . Transcatheter occlusion of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II . June 2008 . Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions . 940–3 . Tabori . NE . Love . BA. 7 . 34769371 .
• 17653118 . 10.1038/ncpcardio0944 . 4 . Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease . August 2007 . Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med . 455–9 . Chaudhari . PR . Abergel . J . Warner . RR . 8 . 5574038 . etal.
• 16854265 . 10.1366/000370206777887125 . 60 . Characterization and quantitation of a tertiary mixture of salts by Raman spectroscopy in simulated hydrothermal vent fluid . July 2006 . Appl Spectrosc . 773–80 . Dable . BK . Love . BA . Battaglia . TM . Booksh . KS . Lilley . MD . Marquardt . BJ. 7 . 2006ApSpe..60..773D . 44375254 .
• 16146668 . 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.05.003 . 67 . First appropriate use of automated external defibrillator in an infant . October 2005 . Resuscitation . 135–7 . Bar-Cohen . Y . Walsh . EP . Love . BA . Cecchin . F. 1 .
• 14666015 . 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)01182-6 . 126 . Staged repair of tetralogy of Fallot and diminutive pulmonary arteries with a fenestrated ventricular septal defect patch . November 2003 . J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. . 1427–33 . Marshall . AC . Love . BA . Lang . P . 5 . etal. free .

External links

• Mount Sinai Medical Center homepage

Notes and References

1. News: Congenital heart problems can be spotted even before birth . Katie Charles . https://archive.today/20120718172128/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-20/entertainment/17943343_1_congenital-heart-heart-murmur-heart-disease . dead . July 18, 2012 . New York Daily News . January 20, 2011 . November 9, 2011.
2. Web site: Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Barry A. Love . November 9, 2011.
3. A case of symptomatic coronary artery fistula. 3 . 12. 10.1038/ncpcardio0709 . 17122802. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine . 689–692. 2006. Spektor. Gary. Gehi. Anil K.. Love. Barry. Sharma. Samin K.. Fuster. Valentin. 1522509 .
4. Web site: Gregory M. Hirsch Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110127194115/http://www.humc.com/hirsch/os.html . January 27, 2011 .
5. Web site: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. . November 9, 2011.
6. Web site: Super Doctors . November 9, 2011.
7. Web site: Hackensack University Medical Center . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101215212412/http://humed.com/hirsch/os.html . December 15, 2010 .